Razor-blade holder



April 10, 1928.

L. w. BAKER RAZOR BLADE HQLDER' Filed April 29. 1925 INVENTOR. 91w Wfiwm/ ATTORNEY the novel features Patented Apr. 10, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT err-ice.

LEA w. BAKER, or POMONA, CALIFORNIA.

RAZOR-BLADE noLnieR.

Application filed April 29, 1925. Serial No. 26,631.

This invention relates to razor blade holders for the sharpening of the blade, and has particular reference to holders for all razor blades of the wafer type for the so called safety razor.

Razor blade holders on the niurket for the above type of blade and with which i am familiar, have certain deficiencies which render them not entirely satisfactory, as the average man is unskillfu'l in the handling of such a tool and every precaution must be taken to safeguard the use of it, as a thin razor blade can do serious damage to the op erator of the holder in the assembling of the parts of the device, or to the strop in theact of stropping.

My chief object is the provision of a simple, inexpensive and extremely safe holder ofthe above character, such that an unskillful' person can with a minimum of caution execute the insertion of the blade and use the holder without harm tb ones self orto the strop, and at the same time strop as though stropping with an ordinary co1nmen-razor. I

Further objects include means to provide a non-slip handle to the holding member, a clip member for receiving the razor blade With ease and with means at the extremity ofits handle to. overcome finger slippage While inserting the bladed member in the holding. member, means to limit the insertion of theic-lip member. in the holding member, and means to guard the edge of the inserted: blade in service and until removed from the device. The latter means makes it possible for men tostrop a razor whoheretofore could'notfstrop an unguarded blade.

I'attain the .aboveand other objects by ofconstruction, form and arrangement of elements of my invention. The accompanying sheet of'drawings forming a part of this specification, illustrates the preferred embodiment of the invention, and'what I claim as new, is particularly pointed out in the appended claims following the specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side view of the holder in its entirety including a blade ready to be stropped; the blade is shown in dot-and-dash lines.

Figs. 2 and 3 are similar views but with the two main parts disassociated. A covering element is omitted in Fig. 2 to show the guard element in position on the handle.

shown in the figures,

Fig, 1- is an end View of the jawed end of the clip member, and Fig. 5 a similar view of the holding member.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section of Fig. 1 on the line 66 thereof, and Fig. 7 is a similar section but on the line 77.

Referring to the figures in detail: The numeral 8 indicates in general the holding member of my device, and 9 the clip member. Both members are of sheet-metal haw ing resilient properties.

The holding member has formed as a part thereof a pair of opposed jaws 10 normally contacting each other and are of a length substantially that of any of the familiar safety razor blades 11 in common use. EX- tending from the jaws is a 12 of convenient length fora hand grip.

The clip member is likewise formed of a pair of opposed jaws 13 normally contacting each other and are substantially the same length as the jaws l0. Extending from the jaws 13 is a relatively short handle 14 for linger grippingand pushing.

The vertical cross-sectional shape of the jaw portion of each member is similar as and the clip member is adapted to be. inserted and telescopically received in the holding member a desired distance, substantiall" that of the length of the jaws 13. The distance is determined by a stop shoulder 15 formed between the jaws 13 and handle 14. The jaws 13 are wider than the jaws 10, and hence the edges thereofproject beyond the edges of the jaws of the holding member. This projecting-portion adds a'gi'eater bearing area of surface to contact the inserted blade and also terminates in a pair of outflaring'lips 16 to guide the blade in the sliding of the same between the jaws 13;

At the extremity of the short handle 14: of the clip member is formed a cupped enlargement 17 to bed or impress a finger therein topush the member into, engagement with the holding member, the out-- standing edges of the cup offering suflicient resistance to prevent the finger from slipping thereoif and perhaps onto the edge of the blade with painful results.

On the handle 12 of the holding member is positioned a soft friction element 18, preferably a suitable tube of rubber or the like to prevent the handle from slipping in the hand while the tool is in engagement honsuitable handle ing or stropping. This feature is of great importance, as in my experience as a dealer of razor goods many a strop has been cut and ruined by a slippage of the tool. Further, many a strop has been cut and ruined for another reason, namely, one in the act of stropping, once in awhile momentarily forgets and strops in the Wrong direction, that is, rolls the device not on the curved back 19 thereof but on the sharp edge of the razor blade. Also young men starting in to shave do this and learn by costly experience that it is a wrong movement. To render the effect or this wrong movement of no consequence and automatically prevent it, I provide a guard 20 to outstand from the edge of the blade and parallel thereto and substantially in the plane of the thin blade, such that the guard will resiliently flex with the blade in the stropping thereof.

The guard is preferably a length of suitable resilient wire having the greater portion thereof former zigzag as at 21 Fig. 2, and V-shaped as at 22, Fig. 7, to longitudinally mount and fit the shape of the handle 12 at the meeting edges thereof and be held thereon by the said tube of rubber 18 stretched and slipped thereover and over the said handle. It will be observed that with the guard and covering in place the handle presents a serrated o1- widely notched edge 23 Fig. 1, that lends itself as a further prevention against handle slippage, a desired feature. The said outstanding portion of the guard has a length substantially equal to that of the jaws 10 and terminates in a free end 2a which ofiers no obstruct-ion to the assembling of the clip and holding members.

A portion of the uppermost jaw 10 of the holding member is cut away as at 25 Fig. 2, to permit the clip member to easily enter the former member.

In operation, the two members are separated and any desired safety razor blade can be inserted in the clip member simply by entering one end of the blade at about its middle, between the outfiaring lips 16 and then sliding the blade along the jaws to position. The next step is to enter the jaws of the clip member in the open end of the jawed holding member, then telescopically push the bladed clip member by the aid of its short handle 14 and cupped end 17 to its limiting position as determined by the stop shoulder 15 and the device is then ready for service. After stropping remove the clip member 9 by pulling the same outwardly, the lingers engaging the back of the enlarged cupped extremity of its handle 1a. 1 5 the razor blade is double edged, simply slide the same from the jaws, reverse and reinsert.

lVhat I claim as new patent protection thereon States is the following:

1. A. stropping comprising a blade holder, a handle-forming extension on said holder, and a combined stropping and desire to secure in the United guide and handle-grip comprising a wire having a grip portion formed into a plurality of turns transverseto said extension to longitudinally receive and be held by said extension and a guide portion projecting opposite said blade holder in the plane normally assumed by a blade in said holder and parallel to the edge of said blade.

2. A stropping holder torvrazor blades comprising a blade holder, a handle-forming extension on said holder, a combined stropping guide and handle-grip comprising a wire having a grip portion formed into a 'ilurality of turns transverse to said extension to longitudinally receive and be held by said extension and a guide portion projecting opposite said blade holder in the plane -.norn'ia'lly assumed by a blade in said holder and parallel to the edge of said blade; and a rubber handle sleeve tightly cncasing said extension and handle-grip to prevent relative movement between said grip, said extension, and the hand of the operator.

3.111 a razor blade holder, a holding member formed with a pair of normally contacting opposed jaws and a relatively long holding handle extending therefrom, the latter provided with a covering of material to prevent slippage, and a guard provided with a zig-zag, V-shaped portion adapted to be mounted longitudinally on the handle of the holding member at the holder for razor blades meeting edges thereof and supported on said handle by the said covering, one end of the guard being free and positioned above the edges of said relation therewith.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LEA W. BAKER.

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